{"id":183211,"date":"2026-06-20T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183211"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:02:52","slug":"tri-nation-series-final-india-as-road-to-the-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183211","title":{"rendered":"Tri-Nation Series Final: India A\u2019s road to the final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71126287\">India A will face Sri Lanka A in the final of the tri-nation series at Dambulla on Sunday after six rounds of matches. The Tilak Varma-led side came into the tournament as favourites to clinch the title but has not had the most straightforward path to the summit clash.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, India A came out on top by the barest of margins, defeating Sri Lanka A by eight runs in a contest that the home side lost from a position of certain victory.<\/p>\n<p>India A lost its next two games, first against Afghanistan A by four runs by DLS method followed by a Super Over defeat to Sri Lanka A in the reverse fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Pushed to a corner and needing a victory to stay alive, India A got its campaign back on track with a 101-run victory against Afghanistan A and qualified for the final in the process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nIndia A\u2019s path to the final<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>won against Sri Lanka A by eight runs<\/p>\n<p>lost to Afghanistan A by four runs (DLS method)<\/p>\n<p>lost to Sri Lanka A in Super Over<\/p>\n<p>\nwon against Afghanistan A by 101 runs\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/dambulla-ind-a-vs-sl-a-india-a-tri-nation-series-final-dambulla\/article71126287.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India A will face Sri Lanka A in the final of the tri-nation series at Dambulla on Sunday after six rounds of matches. The Tilak Varma-led side came into the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781982173_india.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176685,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176685","url_meta":{"origin":183211,"position":0},"title":"Gaikwad set to replace Kohli for Afghanistan ODIs; Patidar likely to make India A squad","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Rajat Patidar could earn a place in India A\u2019s squad for the tri-nation tournament in Sri Lanka beginning next week. 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